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GIFT-GUIDE: Black Friday and Cyber Monday have come and gone. So, yes, you'd better get moving on those Holiday gifts. What to get? How big will you go? Surfersvillage offers a hefty sampling from our Gear Section to kick start the Holiday gift-giving quadrant of your brain (hint: it's right near the hypothalamus). Peruse. Enjoy. And hopefully be inspired.

WETSUITS: This season we look at five suits and their tech features. The suits are the Body Glove Red Cell, the Buell RB2, the Saint Jacques Stan and Victor models and the Vapor zipperless suit by Body Glove. Each of the wetsuits have very different features and constructions. This article is designed for the consumer to check in on the suits we reviewed and gain knowledge about what suit might work best for their needs.

WAVEPOOLS: Former Rip Curl General Manager of Operations and surf industry veteran Baptiste Caulonque has pumped out blood, sweat and tears these past few years to cement an ambitious project transforming a space near Paris to become the next European surfing hub. Already having locked in Wavegarden Cove technology, the project could even go on to host Olympic surfing.

WSL QS: The final day of the Vans World Cup, event No. 2 of the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing and concluding World Surf League (WSL) Qualifying Series (QS) event of the year, saw multiple victories spread success across several surfers, including Conner Coffin (USA) who became the first Californian to take the event win, and Benji Brand (HAW) who earned the WSL Hawaii/Tahiti Nui Regional Champion title.

WSL CT: Today, Tyler Wright, 23, earned her second World Title after a big day of competition at the final event of the 2017 World Surf League Championship Tour, the Maui Women's Pro. Honolua Bay delivered beautiful, five-to-seven foot (1.5 - 2.1 metre) waves as the swell filled in throughout the morning, which offered pristine conditions for the competitors. Massi

BLOGS-TRAVEL: A persistent south-westerly wind and some slow moving storms tried to hamper the late season in the Maldives but with regular pulses of swell those in the know scored big time. From south to north, there are so many options it’s just a matter of knowing where to go and getting there.
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WSL CT: The final event of the 2017 World Surf League Championship Tour, the Maui Women's Pro, saw a dramatic day for the World Title race with big upsets to start Round 1. Honolua Bay delivered clean, four-to-six foot (1.5 - 2 metre) swell for the world’s best surfers to battle for the coveted 2017 World Title.

LONGBOARD: In a historical day of surfing at the Taiwan Open World Longboard Championship, 18-year-old Hawaiian sensation Honolua Blomfield has won the Women’s division and with it become the 2017 World Longboard Champion.

WSL QS: Filipe Toledo earned a huge victory in Hawaii today and became the first Brazilian to win the Hawaiian Pro, a World Surf League Qualifying Series 10,000 and the first event of the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing on Oahu’s North Shore. Runner up Griffin Colapinto also had a momentous day and q

WETSUIT-REVIEW: At its most basic, the Red Cell infrared insulation is a polyester resin material that redirects heat from your body, back into your skin and muscles. Infrared performance and recovery sportswear is big business. There is an algae bloom of sporting clothes using this tech for pro athletes as well as average Joes and Janes with claims are that muscles are looser and energised from the material during strenuous periods.

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"Beyond - An African Surf Documentary" follows locals along the coast of Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia into their homes, visits their local spots and takes a look into their surf lives.